Random thought about Christmas Day store hours

[Marthe48]

I wonder how many of the people who think there is a war on Christmas go to stores that are open on Christmas Day?

[Throck]

1. Not everyone celebrates Christmas.

[Marthe48]

6. No, but I bet the war on Christmas faction does

n/t

[brooklynite]

2. Doubt it; they're at home watching NBA Basketball.

[ProfessorGAC]

13. This Year, The NFL Plays Too

Slate of 4 games. The other 9 play on Saturday.
If I heard it right, all 4 Christmas Day games are national telecasts, too.
Besides, around here everything but the Circle K and a couple liquor stores are closed. And the liquor stores close at 3. Don't know about the bigger cities 20 miles away.

[beaglelover]

3. Stores should not be open on Christmas.

[boston bean]

4. What stores are open on Christmas Day?

[Marthe48]

7. Locally

convenience stores/gas stations. The Chinese restaurants. Not many, but they get customers.

[Elessar Zappa]

12. Some convienience stores are open around here.

[FakeNoose]

5. Here in the Pittsburgh area, very few stores will remain open on Christmas Day

Just some gas stations and convenience-type stores. Almost all the restaurants are closed for Christmas, and most of the fast-food places too. They've had their "Holiday Hours" posted for over a week now.

I don't blame them, the employees don't want to work on Christmas Day and there aren't many customers out anyway.

[Marthe48]

8. There were more open a few years ago

seems like fewer stay open now.

when I was a kid, Christmas Day was one of the few days of the year that my family's grocery store was closed.

[FakeNoose]

9. I think Giant Eagles close at 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve

... and they're closed all Christmas Day. They used to reopen at 6 p.m. on Christmas Day, but that was before Covid.

As I said, the convenience stores stay open 24-hours, even on Christmas and New Years. Most people plan their shopping trips knowing their favorite stores are closed on Christmas.

[Marthe48]

10. I was thinking of forgotten last minute items

And I was thinking about hypocrisy. If some people think there is a war on Christmas, do people with the mindset that Christmas is being minimized, go into a store that's open on 12/25 if they need milk? Or do they do without because of their convictions?

[hunter]

11. When I was a kid Christmas was crazy time in my family.

None of the "responsible" adults could agree when, how, or if Christmas should be celebrated. And they fought.

I had only one grandmother who believed in the traditional U.S.A. Christmas with Santa Claus and a pagan Christmas tree, and even she was fairly certain Jesus wasn't born that day.

The Christmases of my childhood resembled the Troubles in Ireland. They were times of intense religious warfare.

I blame the Christians for that.

One of my siblings takes his family away every Christmas to tropical islands for the holiday, away from these Troubles, to lounge on the beach, a fancy iced drink in hand.

My dad just informed me that he and my mom will not be celebrating Christmas this year. Please don't surprise us. In previous years they'll find a piece of driftwood on the beach, stand it up in their living room, and hang what Christmas cards they receive on it to acknowledge and pay respect to any importance the holiday has to friends and family. I'm sure they'll do something similar this year too, but they are not accepting any extraordinary baggage of Christmas cheer.

My wife is a Christmas believer as my grandma was, as is her family, which causes some friction between us. But we've never had to argue about whose family we're celebrating Christmas with.

We've also found ourselves working on Christmas days. I don't know what God's problem is, but people still suffer medical emergencies on Christmas day and someone has to be around to deal with those.

If someone chooses to work on Christmas day, quite likely for extra pay, it's not any kind of tragedy.